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Beats and Monster going separate ways

L.K. — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:58:59 +0000

Beats and Monster did come together for a few years, and their partnership has been financially fruitful to say the least. Unfortunately, all good things do come to an end eventually, and the Beats Headphones partnership is no more as the 5-year deal has reached its expiry date. Theirs was a formidable “marriage”, having dominated 53% of the $1 billion a year headphone market in 2011 alone, and Businessweek says that they see the potential of such a cash cow and want the bigger portion for themselves, and since no amicable solution can be reached concerning which party should be on the receiving end of more credit for the range’s success, a trip down Splitsville is inevitable.

Synergy is always better in my opinion, and this split might just leave both for the poorer. Of course, those who want to stick to the analogy of a marriage would say not all marriages are successful no matter how happy everything looks on the surface. Which would you side with in the new landscape?

Thin speakers will never sound good, ever

L.K. — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:38:06 +0000

This AQ Amigo speaker is one of those products you can tell won’t work very well just by looking at it. With speakers, they need depth to produce good sound. That’s just the physical constraints of speakers, you can’t argue with it.

But this thing, which is less than an inch thick and is designed to stupidly latch onto the top of your laptop screen, will in no way produce anything approaching good sound. And did I mention it hooks onto the top of your screen for some dumb reason? Yep. Just get normal desk speakers. They will sound and look better, I promise.

PhotoTrackr Mini DPL900 Released

L.K. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:42:13 +0000

Have you ever found yourself trying to remember where and when you took that particular picture you want printed your friend’s farewell party? But thanks to this geotagging gadget, you can now geotag your photos via GPS co-ordinates. This PhotoTrackr Mini DPL900 is based on the PhotoTrackr released back in 2007, although this one has more features in it.

As you geotag your photos with the PhotoTrackr Mini DPL900, the device will also be able to upload your pictures directly to various online web albums such as Flickr and Picasa. This will also give a detailed account of all photos you took regarding when and where they were taken.

More, the PhotoTrackr Mini DPL900 has the ability to work with a Mac software, and it also has support for RAW photos. This is a big step for the PhotoTrackr makers since the big problem with the previous geotagger is its incompatibility with Mac.

This device, which only looks like a USB flash drive, will retail for $69.